Slater, Wyoming Weather
Slater, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Slater, Platte County.
Full aviation weather for Slater is published on the Phifer Airfield (KEAN) page, 22 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 3 airfields within reach of Slater have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Slater: Camp Guernsey Airport (KGUR) 44 km · Torrington Municipal Airport (KTOR) 59 km
Conditions reported at KEAN describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Slater specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Slater.
About Slater, Wyoming
Slater sits on the high plains, a place where the wind sculpts the land into subtle, sweeping curves that lead the eye toward the horizon. It lies 50.6 miles north of Cheyenne, WY (from Cheyenne, WY: bearing 0°T), and is situated 14.3 miles south-south-east of Wheatland. The terrain here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and tan grasses stretching across vast, open country, broken only by the occasional cottonwood or a scrubby juniper clinging to life. The sky is an immense, ever-present presence, a deep, boundless blue during the day that bleeds into fiery oranges and bruised purples at dusk, casting long, dancing shadows that give the land a fleeting, spectral beauty. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sagebrush and distant, unseen cattle, a constant reminder of the untamed spirit of this high Wyoming country. The history of Slater is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they work. This is a place shaped by ranching and agriculture, where the economy has long been tied to the health of the soil and the cycles of the seasons. The faint scent of hay in the summer and the crispness of frost in the autumn are the enduring perfumes of Slater's livelihood. Though small, Slater has seen generations of families build their lives here, their stories interwoven with the quiet resilience of the prairie, a testament to a deep connection with this particular patch of Wyoming earth.
Live animated radar for Slater and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Slater, Platte County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 41.873026°N, 104.819968°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 82201 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Slater, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slater, Wyoming, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Slater includes coordinates 41.873026°N, 104.819968°W, situated in Platte County. ZIP code 82201. Telephone area code: 307. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
